Brassiere



May 26, 1925.

W. KOPS BRASSIRE Filed Sept. 14, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet A mvsu'ron HI5MTTO May 26,1925.l 1,539,578

W. KOPS BRASSIERE Patented May 26, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,539,578 PATENT oFFicE.

WALDEMAR KOPS, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO NEMO CIRCLE-'I' COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION 0F NEW' YORK.

BRASSIRE.

Application filed September 14, 1923. Serial No. 662,599.

To a-ZZ 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, XVALDEMAR Kors, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of lvanhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented an lmproven'ient in Brassires, of which the folH lowing is a specification. Y

My present invention relates to a. brassire and more particularly to a brassire which may be worn as a maternity garment. The garment as constructed is made to have the usual appearance and under normal conditions to 'perform the usual functions of a brassire. The garment moreover is also constructed so as to be extensible to conform to the varying con ditions of the body of 'the wearer during pregnancy. To this end, as will be hereinafter more particularly described, the garment is provided in predetermined positions with elastic inserts of the desired extent and which are normally covered with removable strips of different extent so that when these strips are successively removed the garnient is enlarged and its enlargement first limited and finally the garment provides a yieldable structure in l,which the body is supported.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective side elevation illustrating the garment made in accordance with my present invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial elevation showing the outer side of the garment.

Fig. 3 is a partial elevation illustrating the inner side of the garment, and

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4, Fig. 3. y

Referring to the drawing it will be seen that the brassire madel in accordance with this invention comprises a garment adapted to extend around and conform to the body of the wearer and one which may be composed of a plurality of sections. The garment furthermore is preferably closed at the backand opened at the front where the meeting redges thereof may be connected to one another by any suitable means. The front sections of the garmentare indicated at 10 and 11 in the left side thereof and 12 and 13 in the right side thereof. These sec tions may be connected by suitable lines of stitching along their circumferential edges and the upper or bust confining and supporting front sections 10 and 12 are prefvided with a suitable binding strip 21 to which in spaced posit-ions there are secured eyes 22, while similarly the forward edge of the. right section is provided with a bind ing strip 28 to which in similarly spaced positions there are hooks 24; adapted to engage respectively with the eyes 22 in securing the garment in position on the body. Also as indicated in the drawing the garment is provided with the usual shoulder straps 25 and 2G.

As is generally understood both the abdominal and the bust sections of ythe hip and body are more or less distended during pregnancy and customarily the distention of the abdominal portion ofthe body is rela'- tively twice that of the bust section of the body.` The garment made in accordance with my invention therefore is constructed to proviee adequately for this distention of the body and also to properly support the Same. In constructing the garment to make provision for these features elastic inserts are provided infboth the upper andlower portions of the garment, the former to make provision for the distention of the bust-section of the body and the latter that of the abdominal section of the body. As shown in the drawing the front sections 11 and 1? are circumferenti ally shorter than the. front sections 10 and 12 and the elastic inserts in the lower port-ion of the garment are preferably placed between the distant edges of the front sections 11 and 13 and the adjacent edges of the axial sections 14; and 15, these elastic sections also extending from the lower edge of the upper front sections to the lower edge of the garment. The elastic section or insert in the left side of the garment is indicated at 27. edge this is preferably lconnected to the lower edge of the front section 10 along the lines of stitching 2S. One side section of the elastic insert is connected to the. adjacent edge ofthe front section 11 alongthe lines of stitching 29, while the opposite At its upper lower Vedge of the garment.

edge of the elastic insert is connected to the adjacent edge of Vthe axillar member 14 along a line of stitching 30. On the inner side of the garment as clearly indicated in Fig. 3, I employ a removable'strip 31 which in its folded or plaited condition is substantially coextensive with the elastic insert 27. One edge of the removable strip 31 is connected to the edge portion of the axillar member 14 along a line of stitching indicated at 32, while the opposite edge of the removable strip is connected to the adjacent edge of the front section 11 along the lines of stitching 37. The upper and lower edges Y of this removable strip are not connected to Y the garment.

As indicated in this figure the lremovable Vstrip is provided with a folded or plai-ted portion designated at 34. On the outer side of this portion of the garment there is also a removable strip 35 which is substantially coextensive with the elastic insert 27. At its forward edge this removable strip 35 is connected to the adjacent edge of the front section 11 along a line of stitching 36, while the opposite edge of the removable stri-p 35 is connected to the axillar member 14 by lines of stitching 37.

i The upper and lower edges of the overlying strip 35 are not connected to the garment, and similar to the inner removable strip the upper edge of the strip 35 preferably overlies the line of connection between the front sections 10 and 11, while the lower edge thereof conforms generally to the The corresponding elastic inse-rt on the right side of the garment is designated at 38- The overlying removable strip on the outer side of the garment on this side thereof is indicated at 39. This strip 39 is connected along its forward edge to the adjacent edge of the front section 13 by the lines of stitching 4() and along its opposite edge to the adjacent edge of the axillar section 15 by the lines of stitching 41.

The corresponding removable strip on the inner side of the garment is similar in all respects to the removable strip 31 herein-- before described, being provided with a similarly placed plait and secured to the garment in the same manner.

The centralback section extends from the lower edge of the garment upwardly a predetermined distance and is completed by an elastic insert 42. One edge of the insert 42 is connected to the back member 18 by the same lines of stitching' 43 which connect the back section 16 thereto while the opposite edge of the elastic insert 42 is connected to the adjacent edge of the back section 19' along lines of stitching indicated at 44. In the inner side of the garment this elastic insert section at the back is provided with a removable strip 45, connected along one edge to the adjacent edge of the back section 18 by the stitches 47 and along the opposite edge to the adjacent edge of the back section 19 by the stitches indicated at 46, This removable strip is also suitably folded or plaited as indicated at 48. side of the garment there is also a removable strip 49 which is substantially coextensive with the elastic insert 42 and normally adapted to cover the same, the removable strip 49 being connected to the adjacent edge of the back section 18 by the stitches 50 and to the adjacent edge of the back sec,- tion 19 by the stitches 51. The upper and lower edges of the removable strips 45 and 49 are not connected to the garment.

It will now be apparent that as produced On the outer the garment hereinbefore described has all the appearances and performs every function of the usually constructed brassire, the removable sections 35 and 39 in the lower rtions of the garment andthe removab e sect-ion or strip`49 in the upper back portion of the. garment giving the same this appearance and enabling it to perform the usual functions required of a brassire. In the use of the garment, however, in order to make the same extensible the strips 35 and 39 may be removed by opening or rip-ping the stitches to which these strips are secured in the garment to Y make the lower or abdominal section thereof larger, while in a similar manner'the strip 49 may be removed to make the upper scction of the garment larger circumferentially, When these strips are removed, as will be understood, the extentto which the garment is extensible depends upon the width of the removable strips employed on the inner side thereof, that is to say the strip 34 and its complementary strip and the strip 45 and this in turn depends upon the extent of the plait because with the outer removable strips detached lthe elastic inserts are brought into play and may be stretched to the extent of the inner removable strips. If then it is necessary to make the garment further extensible the removable strips on the inner side of the garment may be disconnected therefrom in which condition the garment is then extensible to the elastic limit of the elastic inserts and at the same time PlDvides a yielding support for the body of the wearer,

I claim as myinvention:

1. In a brassire and the like, .al body member, an elastic insert in the body member, an inelastic strip substantially coextensive with the elastic insert, overlying the same and removably connected adjacent its edge portions to the bodyV memberon one side t ereof, and a second inelastic strip of appreciably larger dimensions thanV the said e astio insert overlying the same and removably connected adjacent its edges to the bgdy member on the other side thereof whereby normally that portion of the garment containing the elastic insert is unyielding and by the removal of the first inelastic strip the said portion of the body member' is made yielding tothe extent of the second inelastic strip and by the-removal of the second inelastic strip the said section of the garment is made yielding to the extent of the elasticity of the elastic insert.

2. In a brassire and the like, a body member, an elastic insert in the body member, an inelastic strip substantially coextensive with the elastic insert, overlying the same and adjacent its edges removably connected to the body member on the outer side thereof, and a second inelastic strip which is plaited and when the plait is extended is of materially greater extent than the said elastic insert7 the said second elastic strip overlying the said elasticinsert and adjacent its edges removably connected to the body member on the inner side thereoi1 whereby normally that portion of the garment containing the elastic insert in unyielding and by the removal of the first inelastic strip the said portion of the body member is made yielding to the extent of the second inelastic strip and by the removal of the second inelastic strip the said section of the garment is made yielding to the extent of the elasticity of the elastic insert.

Signed by me this 30th day of August7 WALDEMAR KOPS. 

